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Haiti

Featured publication: 
Haiti 2010-2013 Report
Featured story: 
Remembering Our Response to the Haitian Earthquake - A Food Crisis Avoided
Featured media: 
Haiti: UNASUR Pledges an Extra $250.000 for School Feeding
Summary
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Summary Title: 
Buying From Small Farmers Boosts the Economy and Helps Meet Food Needs of Haiti's Poor, Says WFP RD
Summary URL: 
https://www.wfp.org/news/news-release/buying-small-farmers-boosts-economy-and-helps-meet-food-needs-haiti%E2%80%99s-poor-says-wf
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Custom Callout Title: 
wfp.org in French
Latitude: 
18.5392075
Longitude: 
-72.3287888
legacy ID: 
332
ISO31661_Char2Code: 
HT
ISO31661_Char3Code: 
HTI
ISO31661_NumberCode: 
332
ISO31661_Name: 
Haiti
Facts and Figures
Climate: 
Tropical; semiarid where mountains in east cut off trade winds
Terrain: 
Mainly rugged mountains interspersed with small coastal plains and river valleys
Food production: 
Coffee, mangoes, cassava yam, maize, rice, beans, platanos, fish, goat, pig
Annual harvest: 
not available
Agricultural production (% of GDP): 
30
Human Development Index: 
0.529
Children under weight for age (% of children under 5): 
17
Population undernourished (% of total pop.): 
46
Global hunger index - label: 
Alarming
Global hunger index - value: 
24.3
infant mortality rate per 1000 live birth - 2005 UNDP : 
84
Crisis
Crisis Active: 
No Crisis
Crisis Title: 
Cholera outbreak